According to the surveys people all over the

According to the surveys, people all over the world spend a lot of time watching TV. Children aged 2 -11 watch over 24 hours of TV per week, while adults aged 35 -49 watch more than 33 hours, that suggests TV time increases the older we get. For example, the average American watches more than five hours of live television every day. Also in the last time people are spending more time watching TV online.

As for the programs people prefer watching, the most popular are films (comedies and dramas).

INVENTORS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD HAD BEEN WORKING ON TRANSMITTING PICTURES OR OBJECTS ONTO A SCREEN SINCE THE 1830’S, BUT THE FIRST PHYSICAL TELEVISION DIDN’T EVOLVE UNTIL THE 1900’S. FIVE MEN BECAME THE MOST POPULAR AND PRESTIGIOUS INVENTORS OF WHAT WE KNOW TODAY AS TELEVISION, GIVING THE HISTORY OF TV A RICH BEGINNING.

A GERMAN INVENTOR NAMED PAUL NIPKOW INVENTED THE FIRST ROTATING DISK THAT WOULD ALLOW PICTURES TO TRANSMIT OVER WIRE IN 1884. HIS DISCOVERY WAS THE FIRST ELECTROMECHANICAL TELEVISION SCANNING SYSTEM IN THE WORLD. JOHN BAIRD BECAME FAMOUS WHEN HE INVENTED THE FIRST PICTURES IN MOTION THAT WERE TELEVISED IN EUROPE IN 1924. DURING WORLD WAR II HE INVENTED THE FIRST COLOR PICTURE TUBE. CHARLES JENKINS INVENTED A MECHANICAL TELEVISION THAT HE CALLED “RADIOVISION, ” WHICH WAS SAID TO HAVE TRANSMITTED ONE OF THE FIRST MOVING IMAGES IN 1923. THIS PILGRIM IN THE HISTORY OF THE TELEVISION IS ALSO FAMOUS FOR CREATING THE FIRST TELEVISION STATION IN NORTH AMERICA. VLADIMIR ZWORYKIN INVENTED THE CATHODE RAY TUBE, WHICH HE NAMED THE KINESCOPE AND STARTED A NEW ERA IN THE HISTORY OF TV. THIS DEVICE TRANSFORMED THE TELEVISION INTO AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE. FINALLY, AN AMERICAN FARMER NAMED PHILO FARNSWORTH MADE A BREAKTHROUGH IN THE HISTORY OF TV AT THE AGE OF 13, WHEN HE DISCOVERED A WAY TO TRANSMIT IMAGES ONTO A SCREEN BY THE USE OF 60 HORIZONTAL LINES, WHICH MADE THE PICTURE CLEARER.

In Belarus TV appeared in 1956. The main program was broadcasted from Moscow. But there were some national programs. Today we have about 5 national channels and some local TV channels. Many Russian channels broadcast in Belarus.